The Elder Bush Also Lied Us into a War
December 5, 2018
wars of opportunity are not moral, or honorable … More The Elder Bush Also Lied Us into a War
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Charlie LeDuff has a Point
October 29, 2018
SH*TSHOW! is a great book. His reporting on the people working at the Mercedes-Benz factory opened my eyes about unions. Why did they vote to keep the UAW out? Why? In May when I wrote about the pending Supreme Court’s Janus decision I made the assumption that strong unions were the only way to resurrect the middle class. … More Charlie LeDuff has a Point
Language and Thought: Are they the same?
October 17, 2018
Dr. Steven Pinker asked the question:”What sense, then, can we make of the suggestion that images, numbers, kinship relations, or logic can be represented in the brain without being couched by words?” (Language Instinct, p. 64) He credits Alan Turing as being the man responsible for making the idea of mental representation, which Pinker calls mentalese, scientifically … More Language and Thought: Are they the same?
Enlightened Radicals?
January 1, 2019
liberty is worth fighting for … More Enlightened Radicals?
Radical Enlightenment Takes Power in America
December 26, 2018
With the American Revolution, the Enlightenment took power. … More Radical Enlightenment Takes Power in America
What Makes Life Worth Living?
December 11, 2018
Terrible question. The kind of question that turns the day into a cold and rainy afternoon. This morning, scrolling through my Google news feed, I read that Steve Jobs would look into the mirror each morning and remind himself to treat the day as if it were his last day on earth. Pressure. When I … More What Makes Life Worth Living?
Big Tech controls the Future, meet Anton Vaino!
December 7, 2018
Imagine Trump hiring Dr Strangelove to replace General Kelly. Gary Lachman, in his book, Dark Star Rising, writes some fascinating paragraphs about Vladimir Putin’s Chief of Staff, Anton Vaino. Move over, telescope, microscope, the nooscope is here! Vaino, co-inventor of the nooscope, is aiming at “recording and distilling the sum total of human thought” (Anton Vaino, Mad … More Big Tech controls the Future, meet Anton Vaino!
The Spectre of China
November 28, 2018
Work hard and shut up … More The Spectre of China
And then, there’s Terence McKenna
November 13, 2018
The other day I was thinking about the I Ching, synchronicity, and schizophrenia. The wild and crazy science fiction writer, Philip K. Dick, used it to plot Man in the High Castle, and consulted the oracle to the end of his days. It “works” because of synchronicity, which is the connection between an internal subjective event … More And then, there’s Terence McKenna
Philip K. Dick: Schizophrenia and the I Ching
November 9, 2018
Sometimes our minds are too open. … More Philip K. Dick: Schizophrenia and the I Ching
Political Lies Lead To Totalitarianism
November 1, 2018
Last night I finished watching the third season of Man in the High Castle on Amazon video. The American Nazi youth were celebrating the destruction of the Statue of Liberty to launch the year of the new beginning. This public demonstration followed the meltdown of the Liberty Bell. By destroying the symbols of American history, the … More Political Lies Lead To Totalitarianism